"kizuizi" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kizuizi.flac [Kenya] Forms: vizuizi [plural]
Etymology: From -zuia (“to prevent, to keep back”) or a variant. Etymology templates: {{m|sw|zuia|-zuia|gloss=to prevent, to keep back}} -zuia (“to prevent, to keep back”) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kizuizi, {{sw-noun|vi}} kizuizi (ki-vi class, plural vizuizi)
  1. a barrier (structure that bars passage) Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Construction
    Sense id: en-kizuizi-sw-noun-TGeZ3JWr Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kizuizi meaning in Swahili (1.5kB)

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